A Florida doctor and a former sales representative at Insys Therapeutics Inc. have been convicted of conspiring to pay and receive $278,000 in kickbacks and bribes in exchange for prescribing the drugmaker's addictive fentanyl spray. A federal jury in Tampa, Florida, on Tuesday found Dr. Steven Chun and Daniel Tondre guilty of conspiracy and kickback charges in the latest trial to result from a scandal that led to Insys' 2019 bankruptcy and the conviction of top executives. The two are among more than 40 doctors and former executives and employees of now-defunct Chandler, Arizona-based Insys who have faced charges over a scheme centered on Subsys, an opioid medication approved for treating severe pain in cancer patients. Prosecutors said Insys, before filing for bankruptcy in 2019, paid doctors kickbacks by arranging for them to participate in "sham" speaker programs ostensibly meant to educate medical professionals about Subsys. Over the course of a 10-day trial, prosecutors said they presented evidence that Chun received more than $278,000 in illegal kickbacks and bribes from Insys in connection with sham speaker programs that Tondre helped arrange.
